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Author: grsbls1
Surnames: LEE,FULTON,LATSHAW
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I tried really hard to connect this Lee line to Robert E Lee, with no luck.
These Lees seem to be Scots Irish who came to PA as early as 1725.
Here are my notes on the first of them to own land there, John Lee b late 1600s:
The Scots Irish came to Dickinson Twp, Cumberland Co., PA abt 1725, settling along Conodoguinet and Yellow Breeches Creeks. The Lee family acquired the title to their lands along the Walnut Bottom Road by the old English ceremony of livery of seisen, or feudal investiture, the only instance of this kind known in Cumberland Co.
Lee - means "dweller at the meadow or open place in a wood, one who came from Lee "- the name of various places in England
9 April 1733/4 land records "Blunston License issued" described John Lee's 200 acres south of Conedogwt Creek. Near Newville, Cumberland Co., PA
Family were Presbyterians.
Pioneers could not "officially" enter the Cumberland Valley (Current
Cumberland and Franklin Counties) until Samuel Blunston began to issue licenses to
cross the Susquehanna River in January of 1734. Blunston was a surveyor and
Thomas Penn issued a commission to him in 1733 to set up an "office" at the Harris
Ferry (current Harrisburg) to issue land licenses.
As to Presbyterian churches, Cumberland Valley had none in 1734. Middle
Spring and Big Spring Presbyterian churches were the first officially organized
churches west of the Susquehanna River, this was October 1738. The following
year, Silver Spring and Meeting House Spring Presbyterian Churches were
organized.
The exact reading of the Blunston License is," April 9th (1734) John Lee, 200 acres. No survey returned. Joyning to John Callens Tract being first taken up by James Berry."
It said nothing about the Walnut Bottom or Newville. However, in checking the Callens Tract, which was next to the Givens tract, there was still no mention of Newville or Walnut Bottom.
Newville did not officially begin until 1790.
There were ten licenses issued on April 9, 1734. Four of the ten licenses mentioned Dry Spring and two mentioned LeTort Spring. When groups of pioneers arrived on the same day, they were usually assigned to the same general area.
LeTort is near Carlisle, and Dry Spring (now called Mt Rock Spring Creek) runs from the Ritner Highway (Rte 11) northward across Rte 641 (at West Hill) and into the Conodoguinet Creek. My guess would be that John Lee settled somewhere along Rte 11. Rev. Wm Swaim, the author of "Over the River-the Sam Blunston book" placed John Lee in the area he called McFarlane which includes Rte 11 but not Walnut Bottom Road, which is about 2 to 4 miles south of the Ritner Highway..
Regarding James Berry, the first "owner" of the John Lee tract, I found him getting a tract from Blunston
a year later and it was located near the Susquehanna River.
In 1769 the Land Office at Carlisle began selling land in the New Purchase which included a very large Penn Township - Now Snyder County
. . . each three hundred acres to be seated with a family within two years from the time of survey, paying £5 sterling per hundred, and one penny per acre, &c.
My comments are drawn from the papers and 35 books that Rev. Wm. Swaim wrote during the final 25 years of his life. Most all of his Presbyterian data was gathered from the c1722-1740 Donegal Presbytery Minutes which are still in existence at the Presby. Historical Society in Philadelphia.
Scot-Irish Presbyterians, who accounted for possibly 80% of the early Cumberland Valley population, first formed "societies" and did not become part of a congregation until a minister was assigned by Donegal Presbytery, and church
elders were elected. Therefore, the official founding dates were October, 1738, for Middle and Big Spring, and 14 Nov 1739 for Silver Spring and Carlisle First (originally Meeting House Springs). Conococheague and Falling Springs were established 16 Nov 1739, and one day later, Rocky Springs Presby. Church was founded. There were no log meeting houses built until 1737.
The construction contracts were found by Rev. Murray and they were dated 1769.
Prior to moving from Meeting House Springs into Carlisle, that congregation "split" into Old Side and New Side congregations. In about 1750, Old Side built a Carlisle church on the northeast corner of Hanover and Louther Streets.
New Side built a church on the southwest corner of Hanover and Pomfret, across the street from the current Salvation Army.
Rev. Nevin, who much later preached at Mercersburg Presbyterian Church, was not an ordained Presbyterian minister, his Presbyterian historical dates do not agree with the Donegal Presbytery.
>From January, 1734, and onward during the next fifty or more years, the Cumberland Valley was settled by Scot-Irish Presbyterians. This extended from the Susquehanna River to deep into current-day Franklin County. So they were
the first religious denomination to build churches in the valley. 1734 is too early for Meetinghouse Springs at Carlisle; the Donegal Presbytery would not allow them to build a log meeting house until 1737 and they were not officially
organized until a minister was assigned in 1739. They did not build the First Presbyterian Church on the square until ca 1770.
The two oldest valley Presbyterian churches were Middle Spring, near Shippensburg, and Big Spring at Newville. They shared the same minister, Rev. Thomas Craighead.
Meetinghouse Springs started about 1736-9 per Nevil.... depending on what you count as getting organized.
First structure about 1736; First pastor was Samuel Thompson in 1739.
The present church in Carlisle has a date of around1770 but appently may not have been the first structure. only the first "suitable" one.
Letter from John Armstong to Richard Peters.....
"Carlisle, 30 Jun, 1757.
"To-morrow we begin to haul stones for the building of a meeting-house, on the north side of the square; -- there being no other convenient place. I have avoided the place you once pitched for a church. The stones are raised out of Col. Stanwix's entrenchment: we will want help in this political as well as religious work."
What happened with this endeavor is not mentioned.
The Donegal Presbyterian minutes, along with the 1734-1736 Samuel Blunston license book, gives an account of the earliest settlements.
In two places, the "minutes" mention the settlement of New Town. In the 1736 minutes, "...Mr. Anderson is Appointed to preach in New Town on ye last Sabb. of July." After much research, Rev, Swaim wrote a 197 page book on the
subject. His claim is that New Town was the precursor of Carlisle and was located along the Letort Springs where five Indian trails intersected. In Carlisle, which is my hometown. The vast majority of "historians" will not accept or
believe this study. Yet, ten of the first 100 Blunston licenses were situated along the Letort Spring.
A major reason, at least one often overlooked, for being eager to "plant" the Scots and the Germans west of the Susquehanna was to prevent the state of Maryland from claiming this land. Some research into the "Cresap Border War" (can be found in Google) will give some details of this activity.
"Our" Lees ARE related to Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, however.
I have that lineage, if anyone is interested.
Bonnie Schermer
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Yes, I have Wm Finley Lee recorded as buried at Old South Cemetery. Here are my notes on him:
4 Wm F Lees listed - Company I, 154th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Children:
Mary Dallas b 2 Mar 1848 d 12 Aug 1852 Clinton Co., IN
William Henry b 12 Apr 1852 Clinton Co., IN d 27 Sep 1942 Wheatfield (Jasper) IN
m 10 Feb 1881 Clinton Co., IN
Elizabeth Irwin
Charles Walker b 6 Jun 1853 (appears in 1860 census as 7 yrs old.)
m
Mary Emma Pauley b 17 Sep 1859 d 24 Feb 1916 650 E Clinton St, Frankfort. Mary had a niece, Mamie Pauley, who came to help in her final months as Mary died of cancer. After Mary passed, Mamie stayed on and married Charles Walker Lee ("Chat" Lee). Chat & Mary Emma's children, Carl Clinton b 1878, Otto Dell b 1880, and Ralph Walker b 1888 were scandalized. Carl was so upset he moved to Denver, CO.
John VanDyke b 27 Jul 1855 Clinton Co., IN
Norris B b 27 Jul 1857 d 13 Feb 1858 Clinton Co., In
Robert Francis b 16 Aug 1859
Sarah Anna b 10 Oct 1862
m
David/Henry Hendrickson
Samuel C b 24 Dec 1864 d 1931
George Bruce b 6 Apr 1868 d 1905
Bonnie Schermer
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Yes, I think George Lee IS the father of William Finley Lee b 1818 in PA. Here are my notes on George:
Southampton Twp, Cumberland Co., PA
1879 Hist by Hon John McCurdy:
In Southampton Twp there are three small villages, viz: Leesburg, Cleversburg, and Middle Spring, the first and last of which are post towns. Leesburg took its name from George Lee, who kept a tavern at that point in a log house which stood on the south side at a distance of several rods from the Walnut Bottom road. This house was built by a man named Conrad Muterspaugh, from whom Mr. Lee purchased prior to 1819, and continued proprietor of it until 1822, when he died. This house and the farm-house of Mr. Adam Reese, with a house which stood on the north side of the road, about two hundred rods below that of Mr. Reese, were the only houses then standing within the present limits of Leesburg. The land to the south and west of Mr. Lee's house was then covered with heavy timber, consisting of yellow pine, white and black oak, with some hickory, nor was there any cleared land on either side of the Walnut Bottom road from that point until within a mile of Shippensburg except!
the Beltz and Rebuck farms.
1886 Dickinson Twp, cumberland Co Hist:
Three generations ago the Lees, *(four brothers, Warren, Thomnas, Holiday, and George), lived on the Walnut Bottom Road...These men were large, fine physical specimens of men, social, and who were fond "of the chace dancing, fiddling and hospitality."
Lee's Tavern burned down in 1916 (a log building), and was demolished.
Unfortunately, George died before the family moved to Indiana, but his very resourceful wife, Sarah Latshaw Lee b abt 1793 d 12 Feb 1870 Clinton Co., IN, seems to have done well managing the tavern after his death. Here are my notes on her:
Operated Lee's Tavern 1824-1830. Moved to the Brick Tavern on Walnut Bottom Road 1834, 5 miles from Shippensburg, Newton Twp.
To IN by 1837, with sons John, William Finley, Thomas, and daughters Rachel & Elizabeth.
Bonnie Schermer
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I tried to attach a file showing Joseph Latshaw's line of descent from Hans Heinrich Lattschar b 1670. After trying for an hour, I gave up and pasted it here. As with many of these families, I am taking other researchers' word that this is correct. There were many Joseph, Heinrich, and Isaacs, so anything is possible.
The information I have indicates that Isaach Latshaw b 1764 m Anna Fahnestock. HIS father, Joseph Latshaw b 1730 m Marlena Snyder.
I hope this is right! If not, please correct me!
Descendants of Hans Heinrich LATTSCHAR
1. Hans Heinrich LATTSCHAR (b.Abt 1670-Simenthal,Bern,Switzerland;d.1737-Kuhborncheshof,Germany)
sp: Anna
2. Peter Joseph Johannes LATTSCHAR IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR (b.1699-Switzerland;d.Jan 1761-Reading Twp,York,Pennsylvania)
sp: Mary (m.Abt 1728)
3. Abraham LATSHAW (b.Abt 1728-Pennsylvania)
3. Joseph LATSHAW (b.1730-Lancaster,PA;d.20 Apr 1820-Uniontown,Pennsylvania)
sp: Marlena SNYDER (b.Abt 1731;m.Abt 1751;d.Abt 1799)
4. Abraham LATSHAW (b.Abt 1754-Pennsylvania)
4. Solomon LATSHAW (b.Abt 1756-Pennsylvania)
4. Mary LATSHAW (b.Abt 1758-Pennsylvania)
4. Peter LATSHAW Sr. (b.1760-Pennsylvania)
sp: Elizabeth BURKHOLDER (b.Abt 1762;m.20 Sep 1790)
5. Sarah LATSHAW (b.c 1793-Pennsylvania;d.12 Feb 1870-,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: George LEE (b.Abt 1779-,CC,Pennsylvania;m.28 Mar 1811;d.prior 8 Nov 1824-ST,Cumberland,Pennsylvania)
6. John P. LEE (b.1816-,Cumberland,Pennsylvania;d.1887-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Elizabeth (b.Abt 1814-,,Pennsylvania)
6. William Finley LEE (b.16 Jun 1818-,Cumberland,Pennsylvania;d.4 Jul 1895-,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Lucretia NORRIS (b.7 Jul 1830-,Dearborn,Indiana;m.18 May 1848;d.19 Dec 1873-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
6. Thomas LEE (b.24 Feb 1821-,Cumberland,Pennsylvania;d.6 Jul 1891-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Louisa MCKINSIE (b.6 Feb 1826;m.23 Mar 1842;d.11 Jul 1849-,Clinton,Indiana)
7. George McKinsey LEE (b.10 Jun 1845-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana;d.8 Apr 1910-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Mary L. FUDGE (m.14 Oct 1863)
7. Bertha Elizabeth LEE
sp: Mr. JOHNSON
7. Mary D. LEE (b.21 Mar 1848-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana;d.12 Aug 1852-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Isabelle LEE (b.12 Dec 1825-CC,Pennsylvania;m.7 Jan 1852;d.8 Oct 1879-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
7. Thomas B. LEE (b.Abt 1854-,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Ida IRWIN (m.18 Feb 1880)
7. James Gaster LEE (b.28 Mar 1856-,Clinton,Indiana;d.22 Jan 1928-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Emma Luella NORRIS (b.26 Jul 1861-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana;m.12 Jun 1877;d.18 Jan 1888-)
8. Fred Carlton LEE (b.14 Aug 1877-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana;d.11 Mar 1957-South Bend,St. Joseph,Indiana)
sp: Clara Belle HOPPER (b.26 Sep 1880-West Middleton,Howard,Indiana;m.1 Nov 1900;d.31 Oct 1952-)
9. Roy Chalmer LEE (b.8 Dec 1902-West Middleton,Howard,Indiana;d.5 Aug 1958-617 S 23rd St South )
sp: Terez Theresa Ann VOROS (b.20 Jan 1900-F,Sopron,Hungary;m.20 Jan 1923;d.7 Nov 1952-)
10. Robert Earsel LEE (b.2 Mar 1931-South Bend,SJ,Indiana;d.16 Jan 1992-South Bend,SJ,Indiana)
sp: Irene KRUCK (b.6 Nov 1899-South Bend,SJ,IN;m.3 Aug 1957;d.26 Dec 1966-South Bend,S,IN)
9. Thelma Fern LEE (b.3 Sep 1904-Fairfield,IN;d.24 Jan 1998-Mount Dora,Florida)
sp: Jonas Benton BAUGHMAN Jr. (b.8 Feb 1901-Blairsville,,PA;m.14 Jun 1925;d.3 Apr 1998-)
9. James Ennis LEE Sr. (b.26 Jan 1907-Howard Co.,IN;d.Jan 1968-Battle Creek,MI)
sp: Rosella Marie MURPHY (b.15 Jul 1915-Lipsic,OH;m.By 1937)
9. Earl Hopper LEE (b.30 Apr 1909-IN;d.Late 1950s/early 1960s-St. Louis,Mo.)
sp: Thelma ALEXANDER (m.(Div))
sp: Elizabeth
9. Charles Carlton LEE (b.12 Apr 1912-IN;d.1952-South Bend,St. Joseph,IN)
sp: Julia C. ELEK (b.9 Nov 1909-Gary,Lake,IN;m.Abt 1932;d.27 Feb 1958-South Bend,SJ,IN)
8. Goldie Sarah LEE (b.16 Jul 1884/1885)
sp: R Homer EVANS (m.1 Sep 1910)
sp: Ella Agnes BACON (m.1889;d.Prior 1928)
8. Frances May LEE (b.18 Jun 1891;d.21 Dec 1899)
8. Maud LEE (b.14 Oct 1892)
sp: Mr. ELLMAN
8. L.P. LEE
7. Laura Bell LEE (b.1858-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Willard JOHNSON (m.3 Aug 1893)
7. David B. LEE (b.Abt 1858-,Clinton,Indiana)
7. Caroline May LEE (b.Abt 1859-,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Edward M. FULKERSON (m.12 Jan 1881)
7. McClelland LEE (b.1862-,Clinton,Indiana)
7. Sarah Josephine LEE (b.Abt 1864-,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Clinton C. COLEMAN (m.23 Feb 1882)
7. Harry C. LEE (b.Abt 1866-,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Ida M. MAXWELL (m.29 Nov 1888)
7. Edgar William LEE (b.May 1862-,Clinton,Indiana;d.28 Jun 1925-Michigantown,IN?)
sp: Anna WRIGHT (m.28 Dec 1898)
7. Ruth A. LEE (b.1853-Frankfort,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: Abraham WADDELL
sp: Priscilla DORSEY (m.26 Jan 1882)
6. Rachel S. LEE (b.10 Nov 1822-,Cumberland,Pennsylvania;d.10 Apr 1852-,Clinton,Indiana)
sp: William L. NORRIS (b.12 Feb 1821-,Dearborn,Indiana;m.22 Oct 1840;d.12 Dec 1852-,Clinton,Indiana)
6. Son LEE
6. Elizabeth E. LEE
sp: William F. BAKER (m.14 Aug 1856)
5. Peter LATSHAW Jr (b.Abt 1792-Pennsylvania)
5. Joseph LATSHAW
5. John LATSHAW
5. Isaac LATSHAW
4. John LATSHAW (b.Abt 1762-Pennsylvania)
4. Isaac LATSHAW Sr. (b.20 Apr 1764-Adams County,Pennsylvania;d.5 Jun 1833-Pennsylvania)
sp: Anna FAHNESTOCK (b.26 Jun 1763-Adams Co.,PA;d.26 Dec 1851-PA)
5. Samuel Fahnestock LATSHAW (b.Abt 1791)
5. Elizabeth Fahnestock LATSHAW
5. Isaac Fahnestock LATSHAW
5. Mary Fahnestock LATSHAW
5. Joseph Fahnestock LATSHAW (b.25 Dec 1794;d.6 May 1887-Richmond,IN)
5. Peter Fahnestock LATSHAW (b.16 Jan 1797)
4. Elizabeth LATSHAW (b.Abt 1766-Pennsylvania)
4. Sarah LATSHAW (b.Abt 1768-Pennsylvania)
4. Eve LATSHAW (b.Abt 1770-Pennsylvania)
4. Joseph LATSHAW (b.20 May 1779-Cumberland Co.,PA)
sp: Polly or Sarah RIDDLE OR PORTER (m.Abt 1798)
4. Hannah LATSHAW (b.Abt 1776-Pennsylvania)
sp: Elizabeth
4. Catharine Esther LATSHAW (b.26 Jun 1781-Pennsylvania;d.23 Aug 1825)
sp: Henry FAHNESTOCK (b.22 Apr 1778-Warrington Twp,York,PA;m.Bef 1802;d.1829-Baltimore,MD)
4. George Washington LATSHAW (b.Abt 1784-York Co.,PA;d.Jun 1857-Decatur Co.,IN)
3. Mary LATSHAW (b.Abt 1732-Pennsylvania)
3. Peter LATSHAW (b.Abt 1734-Pennsylvania)
sp: Susannah CLOSE (b.1760)
3. Elizabeth LATSHAW (b.Abt 1736-Pennsylvania)
3. Issac LATSHAW (b.Abt 1738-Pennsylvania)
3. John LATSHAW (b.Abt 1740-Pennsylvania)
sp: Maria Margaretha
2. Johannes Frantz LATTSCHAR (b.Abt 1685-Strasburg,Germany;d.1787)
sp: Catherine
2. Joseph Abraham LATTSCHAR
Questions or Corrections:
Bonnie Schermer
grsbls(a)gmail.com
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My connection to this family is:
Francis George Lee of Cumberland Co., PA married a woman by the last name of Fulton. They had Francis George II, Mary, Margaret Ann, Thomas and probably William F and Sarah.
The author, Charline Appleby Gadde, could not confirm in 1952 that William F and Sarah were actual children of Lee and Fulton. With today's technology, you can probably figure it out rather easily. But at least this gives you a start.
(I'm e-mailing you the pages under separate cover.)
Anyway, I have done alot of research on this family line and have uncovered some interesting facts. So if you can confirm that Francis is the father of William F., I would b e happy to share my findings.
You asked how I am related to this family: Francis George Lee II married Catharine Sheridan and they are my 4th great grandparents.
When I was interviewing my grandmother, she told me that we were related to Robert E Lee, General of the Confederate Army. (She did not know the direct line.) I have spoken to other, older family members and they have been told the same thing. So I'm wondering if you have heard any family rumblings of this sort?
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My connection to this family is:
Francis George Lee of Cumberland Co., PA married a woman by the last name of Fulton. They had Francis George II, Mary, Margaret Ann, Thomas and probably William F and Sarah.
Francis George Lee II married Catharine Sheridan and they are my 4th great grandparents.
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I have information to share going back to Hans Heinrich Latshaw/Latscharr b abt 1670 Siementhal, Bern, Switzerland. Here are the notes for him:
Mennonite; may have been related to Anabaptist Lotscher family of Latterbach and Erlanbach.
Latscha, a Mennonite family name, derives from Lötscher from Latterbach near Erlenbach in the Simmental, canton of Bern, Switzerland. The first member of this family known to have been an Anabaptist was Hans Lötscher, who was born in Latterbach in 1601. He wrote a hymn of 41 stanzas entitled "Ein schön new geistlich Lied." In 1633 he married Anna Kammerer from Latterbach. The three oldest of their five children, Hans, Melchior, and Anna, were brought before the Täuferkommission in Bern because of their Anabaptist beliefs. They remained true to their faith and were imprisoned. The brothers Hans and Melchior escaped in 1667 but were soon returned to prison. After four years in prison at Bern they were sentenced to galley service with four other Anabaptists in 1671-73. They returned to claim their inheritance from their father, who had died while they were away, but were refused it. In 1667, while imprisoned at Bern, Hans Lötscher wrote a letter which is preserved in the Martyr!
s' Mirror (E 1129-30), in which he lists some 40 persons who met death in Bern because of their Anabaptist faith. Abraham Lötscher, youngest brother of Hans and Melchior, immigrated to Holland in 1711, where the name soon became Leutscher. A number of his descendants have been Mennonite leaders in that country.
The family name takes the form Latscha and Latschar in the Palatinate and in North America. About 1714 Hans Heinrich Lötscher emigrated from the Simmental to Alsace, and later to the Palatinate, Germany, where he settled on Kühbörncheshof near Katzweiler. His children settled in various Palatinate Mennonite communities. One son, Johannes Franz, immigrated to Pennsylvania. The chief homes of the family in North America have been Berks Co., PA and Waterloo Co., ON. The Latschar Mennonite Church (now Mannheim Mennonite Church) is located near Mannheim, ON, Canada. Among the well-known members of the family were Jacob Latscha (1849-1912), a merchant in Frankfurt am Main, where he built a chain of 134 stores and was active in YMCA work; and John B. Latschaw (1804-87) who served the Franconia Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) as minister for 44 years, including 15 as bishop. In 1940 there were still 37 members of the family in three Mennonite congregations in South Germany, !
i.e., in Kaiserslautern, Sembach, and Ludwigshafen.
If you let me know that you STILL want info, I will send it. Email grsbls(a)gmail.com.
Bonnie Schermer
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Bless your heart - I do not have anything written about the Lee family - please do email to GottaFlyUA(a)msn.com.
Yes, I, too, took some pix @ Old South when I was in Frankfort last time.
Are we related? William Finley Lee & Lucretia Norris are parents of Charles Walker 'Chat' Lee, who with wife, Mary Emma Pauley , had my granddad, Ralph Walker Lee. What is your connection to this bunch?
tyvm - Patty
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